Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-28

you believe now2" 1 heard this Door
sick woman say, with an emphasis W lien
sounded through the building:
f'I DO BELIEVE"
Aud then she laid her twisted arm and
hand cut as straight as your arm and
hand, or mine. If l had seen one rise
from the dead l would not have been
much more thrilled. Since then l believe
that God will do snything in answer TO
our prayer and In snswer to our faith,
and he can heal our bodies, and If our
soul ia all twisted and misshapen OF
revenge and hate and infamed with sinful
proclivitv he can straighten that also AID
make it well and clean. Aye, you Will
not postpone till shutdown forgiveness OF
enemies if you can realize that their be-
havior towards you may be put into
the catalogue of the "all things" that
"Work together for good to those that
love God" have had multitudes
of friends, but 1 have found in
my own experience that God SO
arranged it that the greatest
opportunities Of usefulness that have
been opened before me were opened By
enemies. And when, years ago, they
conspiIed against me, that opened all
Chrisrendom to me as a field in which to
preach the G 1spel. So you may harness
your antagonists to your best interests
and compel them to draw you on to
better work ana higher character. Sup
pose, instead of waiting until six min utes
past O'Clock this evening, when the
sun will set, you transact this glorious
work of forgiveness before meridian.
Again: We ought not to let the sun go
down on our wrath, because we will
sleep better if we are at peace with
everybody. Insomnia is getting to be
one Of the most pre- TALENT OF disorders.
How few people retire at 10 O'Clock at
night Snd sleep clear through to in the
morning! To relieve this disorder all
narcotics and sedatives, and choral and
bromide of potassium, and cocaine and
Intoxicants are used, but nothing is more
important than quiet spirit if We would
win somnolence. How is man
GOING TO SLEEP
when he is III mind pursuing an enemy?
With what nervous (which he will start
out Of asdream! That new plan for cor
nering his foe Will keep him wide awake
while the clock strikes eleven, twelve,
one, two, three, four. L give you sn I'M
failing prescription for Waketulness
Spend the evening hours rehearsing
your wrongs and the best way of
svenging them. Hold convention
of friends on this subject in your parlor
or Office at s and 8 O'Clock. Close the
evening by writing bitter letter express
ing your sentiments. Take from the
desk or pigeon hole the papers in the
case to refresh your mind with your
evenings mesnness. Then lie down and
wait for the coming of the dag, and IL
Will come before sleep comes, or your
sleep will be worried quiesceuce and, il
you take the precaution to lie fat on your
back, frightful nightmare. Why not
put bound to your animosity? Why
let your toes come into the saUctities OF
your dOrmitory? Why let those SIAN
derers who have already torn your repu-
tstion TO pieces or injured your business,
bend over your midnight pillow and drive
from you one OF the greatest blessings
that Goo cal offeT-sWeet, refreshing, ali
iUvigoratiDg sleep. Why not fence out
your enemies by the golden bars Of the
sunset? Why not stand behind the harri-
cAde of the evening cloud and say to
them: "Thus Tar and no farther" Many
& man and many woman Is having the
health of body as we'll as the health uf
soul eaten away by a mglevoISnt spirit. !
have in time Of religious awakening had
persons, night after night, come into the
| inquiry room and get no peace CT eoul.
After a while have bluutly asked her:
as therg rot some one against whom you
have hatred that you are not willing to
give uo7" After q, little confusion she
has slightly Whispe red, Eyes" Then
said ta her: "YOu will never find peace
with'God as long as you retain that
VirulenCe."
A boy in Sparta having
STOLE FOX
kept him under his coat and, though the
fox WAS gnawiDg his vitals, he submitted
ia it rather than expose his misdeed.
Many a man with d smiling face has IN
der his Jacket an luminosity that is gnaw-
ing away the strength of his body and the
integrity of lis soul. Better get rid of
that hidden fox IS soon SIS possible.
There are hundreds of domestic circles
where that which most is needed is the
spirit OF forgiveness. Brothers apart
and sisters apart, and parents and chil-
dren apart. Solomon says 2 brother
offended is harder TO be won than 2
strong city. Are there not enough sacred
memories of your childhood to bring you
togetheT2 The rabbits account how thsf
! NebuchsdneZzar's son hsd such spite
against his father that after he WAS dead
he had his father burned to ashes and
then put the ashes into four sacks and
tied them to four esgles' necks which
few away in opposite directions. And
there are now domestic antipathies that
seem forever to have scattered ell paren-
tai memories to the aiour winds of heaven
How far the eagles fly with that sacr
ashes! The hour Of shutdown makes to
that family no practical suggestion.
Thomas Carlysle in his biography Of
Frederick the Great says the ola King was
told by the confessor he must be at peace
with his enemies if he wanted
to enter heaven. Then he said
to his wife, the Queen: "Write
to your brother after I am dead that
forgive him. Roloff, the confessor, said
"Her Majesty had better write him i'm
medistely." "No," said the king, SAT
ter am desd, that will be ssfer.v So
he let the sun of his earthly existence &C
down upon his wratf.G i
Again, we ought noss to6 allow the sur
/ set before forgiveness Azkes place, be-
/ cause we might not ,ltve to see snoths1
day, and what 1--we she1ld abe ushsFed
| into the presence of our NfSker VIII s
grudge upon our SOUR. The msi5fity Of
people depart this lug in The night. Be.
tween IL O'Clock p. n{ssaaa O'Clock am
there is something IL tthe atmosphere
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